scoot
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Hughes had blood in his mouth, and a fresh gap in his teeth wide enough to scoot a Vespa through, courtesy of a high stick to the mouth from Canada’s Sam Bennett.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Taylor, who is Black American, and Ruiz Taylor, who is Mexican American, smile when remembering how the dirt roads in Section 14 were so narrow that cars had to scoot over to pass each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Right then, time for a scoot round the grounds.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
Or do we scoot the front row an extra 50 feet back, cross our fingers and assume none of the attendees played baseball growing up?
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2023
Good thing is, I see Moonie scoot away.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
I have a 3-year-old beagle, and every once in a while he scoots around on his butt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Andre Esterhuizen scoots down the lefthand touchline, just staying in play, and then delays his pass just enough for Will Porter to hare over the whitewash.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
Then Villalobos scoots behind two desk chairs and runs out the courtroom door.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
The first-quarter moon scoots past the Red Planet on Feb. 27-28.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2023
Francis scoots her chair back so Emery can slide off the bed.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
“All of us families, we’re being scooted out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Jaramillo danced with such energy that his pants ripped while he and the others scooted across the stage on their behinds, drawing delighted shrieks from the hometown crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
And I scooted back to the Times and passed the story on to the national desk.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025
He scooted over to score in the corner.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
Before I could think of what to say, Mama picked up florist wire, kitchen shears, and a bucket of pink tea roses and scooted past me.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Gareth Williams, 33, described how toddler Indie loved "scooting around the house" on her little bike, so decided to buy a child's seat and handlebar to attach to his own bicycle.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Dupont quickly made amends, spinning off the back of a ruck in midfield, stiff-arming hooker Tolu Latu onto his back and scooting through a huge gap to score.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
The latter tension was explored in a Netflix documentary—Alcaraz scooting off to Ibiza after winning the 2024 French Open instead of grinding for Wimbledon grass as his coach hoped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
This was World Series most valuable player Freddie Freeman slugging, and Mookie Betts scampering, and Teoscar Hernández spraying, and Tommy Edman scooting and sore-shouldered Shohei Ohtani making a difference by just standing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
“So-ho!” cried Kay, throwing his arm upward to give the hawk a better take-off, and a rabbit was scooting across the close-nibbled turf in front of them, and Cully was in the air.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
